An American has become pope. Will he be the moral leader we desperately need? | Arwa Mahdawi

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Still, Trump was on his best behaviour when the official announcement came through, and posted a fairly restrained message on Truth Social, congratulating the pope and saying it was a "Great Honor for our Country". Just give it a few days, though, and I'm sure Trump will be on Fox News taking credit for the new pope and announcing that the Vatican is going to get rid of all their dusty old Bibles and replace them with the Trump God Bless the USA Bible.
60% : I'll tell you who doesn't seem particularly overwhelmed by the first American pope: Donald Trump.
58% : During a time when international law has been dealt a deadly blow, when might is right and decades of progress seem to be unravelling, the late Pope Francis made an impression on non-Catholics like me for his moral clarity towards many marginalized groups and his advocacy for peace everywhere from "martyred Ukraine" to Gaza.
48% : For most of my life I have not been particularly interested in who the pope is.
15% : In April, he also retweeted commentary criticizing Trump deporting a US resident to El Salvador.

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